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School Choice Debate
Thursday, March 11, 1999
7:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder
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Introduction: James Griffin, director of the Bush School Program in
Economics of Public Policy Issues
Moderator: Jane Conoley, dean of the Texas A&M College of Education
Debaters: Ken Meier, Texas A&M political science professor
Eric Hanushek, University of Rochester economics professor
Presented by
The Bush School of Government
& The Department of Economics
The College of Education
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Mission: impossible
System: N64
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Ocean
Cran Tourismo Racing
System: Playstation
Genre: Racing
Developer: Sony
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International terrorist organization and video
game manufacturer Nintendo has released Mission:
Impossible, a game based loosely on Brian DePalma’s
film.
It is guilty of trying too hard to be like Goldeneye,
an earlier hit for the N64. Your mission, if you choose
to accept it, is to take on the role of Ethan Hunt and
save the world from evil terrorists. Details are listed
below.
Equipment: Television, N64, controller, game car
tridge.
Gameplay: Complete various assignments within
a 3-D environment. Very hard and frustrating due to
bad camera angles and zooms.
Overall: This game is fun and challenging but
nothing compared to Goldeneye and Syphon Filter.
Although, if you enjoyed either of those games check
this one out.
Improvements: This game can definitely use a
multiplayer option and deeper gameplay. Better
graphics would not hurt either.
Replay value: Very little.
Cool weapons used in game: Mini rocket launcher,
sniper rifle, electro-stunner, gas capsules, explosive
gum.
Better things to do with spare time: Studying,
reading and watching plays.
Good luck with the mission. This review will self
destruct in 5 seconds... (Grade: B-)
Racing gamers can be divided into twocafi
gories: One insists that every 8^ nie ^ m ° re? :
and easier to master than the Nintendo dasa
Racer (the prototype for console racing game;
other demands realism in every’ aspect, absop
the player in the minutia of auto racing.
Gran Tourismo Racing attempts to com me
two ideals into a single title and the resuli&JR
mixed. . . ,
GTR leans toward pure automotive simulat:
but when driving at the limits of lateral accet
the game begins to play exactly like Rtdgefe
This leads to situations in which a handfe
plied during an 80 mph hairpin turn islessR
cause the car to lose control than the same■)
ver attempted at 30 mph.
Details like these hamper game play soi
during single-player sporting, but allows ti
who differ greatly in driving skill to comgjfl
even terms when racing each other. ^
Gran Tourismo Racing shines as a multipiai
game, except for the trifling amount of trackst
which players can face off against each other.
GTR’s attempt at blending yin and yang into;
shade of gray can either be a blast to play or
mediate return to the video rental place. ^
The game is worth spending a few dollarst:
However, try sampling it first before takingthe
plunge of commitment. (Grade: B)
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are addictive.
“I spend most of my free time
now playing this game,” Green
said. “I’m telling you man, it’s
worse than crack.”
Both admit to skipping class to
play video games and say they
know many others who do the
same.
“I’ve installed new video
cards, 3-D Voodoo cards, 3-D sur
round sound cards, and the eth-
ernet helps with network play
ing,” Youree said. “I’ve also
increased my RAM and processor
speed to keep up with the games
coming out.”
The culture of video gamea-
holics has its rituals and urban
legends, too.
The video game all-nighter
and game tournaments are pub-
lically well known.
However, the urban legends
are more circulated through
gamers.
"1 once knew a guy who sat
down and played Nintendo for
four days straight,” Youree said.
“Everyone’s heard of someone
who’s missed finals because they
were playing Final Fantasy 7 or
Zelda. I’ve never done that be
fore myself though.”
“Zelda was an evil plot against
me,” Green said. “They released
that right before finals just to
spite me.”
Youree and Green said there
are game rumors of video game
secrets like a code patch for
Tomb Raider to play Lara Croft
topless and the Southpark Spirit
of Christmas movie on the Tiger
Wood’s golf game for Playstation.
Youree and Green said stu
dents have also designed levels
of Quake that were designed af
ter Sbisa and the Memorial Stu
dent Center with surprising
curacy.
A common misconceptic:
that video-game playing is:
dominantly a male hobby.
Claudia Wolf, a sophor
biochemistry major, said sht
tests this stereotype.
“I hate it when people t.
playing video games is jusu.
thing,” Wolf said. "People
sume that because I’m a e,i:
know absolutely nothing ab
video games. It’s fun to see
look on guys’ faces when
play me and I beat the crap
of them.”
Games have evolved
simple gameplay like Pong
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Pacman to visually stunnl
games, which includecharac: j
and plot deeper than many I
made today.
“I’d love to play games«
my kid, unless he beats me
much,” Green said.
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